National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

FIRST VOLUME.

PLATE. FACING PAGE.
1. Sections of walls in Komorof's Trench, North Kurgan, Anau.................................................. 16
2. Map of part of the Delta-oasis of Anau.......................................................................... 18
3. Profiles through North and South Kurgans, Anau............................................................... 22
4. Section to illustrate the aggradings and dissections of the Delta-oasis of Anau................................ 30
5. Stratigraphic chronology of the cultures........................................................................ 50
6. Temple of Medinet-habu, showing house-walls buried in culture-strata.......................................... 56
7. East and west profile from North Kurgan through city of Anau, and north-south section through
North Kurgan, Anau........................................................................................ 84
8. Plan of excavations, South Kurgan, Anau....................................................................... 104
9. Pottery from North and South Kurgans, Cultures I, II, and IV.................................................. 110
10-12. Pottery from middle strata, South Kurgan, Culture III...................................................... 110
13-15. Pottery from middle strata, South Kurgan, Culture III...................................................... 120
16. Pottery from lower strata, South Kurgan, Culture III.......................................................... 120
17. Pottery from upper strata, South Kurgan, Culture IV.......................................................... 124
18. Hand-made pithoi from North and South Kurgans............................................................... 124
19. Wheel-made pottery from middle and upper strata, South Kurgan, Cultures III and IV........................... 124
20. Pithoi from North Kurgan, Cultures I and II.................................................................. 132
21. Pithoi from North Kurgan, Culture I.......................................................................... 132
22. Designs on painted pottery from lowest strata, North Kurgan, Culture I, group c.............................. 132
23. Designs on painted pottery from middle strata, North Kurgan, Culture I, groups a α and a β.................. 132
24. Designs on painted pottery from middle strata, North Kurgan, Culture I, groups a,β, b, and a γ.............. 140
25. Designs on painted pottery from middle strata, North Kurgan, Culture I, group a γ and group b............... 140
26, 27. Designs on painted pottery from middle strata, North Kurgan, Culture I, group b.......................... 140
28. Designs on painted pottery from middle strata, North Kurgan, Culture I, group a a and group b............... 144
29, 30. Designs on painted pottery from middle strata, North Kurgan, Culture I, group b.......................... 144
31. Designs on painted pottery from North Kurgan, Culture I, group b, and Culture II............................ 144
32, 33. Designs on painted pottery from upper strata, North Kurgan, Culture II.................................. 148
34. Designs on painted pottery from lower strata, South Kurgan, Culture III..................................... 148
35. Designs on painted pottery from South Kurgan, Culture III and between III and IV............................ 148
36. Objects of copper from Cultures I and II, North Kurgan...................................................... 152
37, 38. Objects of copper from Culture III, South Kurgan........................................................ 152
39. Objects of metal from Cultures III and IV, South Kurgan..................................................... 152
40. Beads and ornaments, Cultures I and II, North Kurgan........................................................ 160
41. Beads and other articles from South Kurgan.................................................................. 160
42. Beads from South Kurgan; whorls and flints from North Kurgan............................................... 160
43. Objects of stone from North Kurgan and clay spindle-whorls from South Kurgan................................ 160
44. Whorls, flints, and other stone implements from lower and middle strata, Culture III, South Kurgan.......... 168
45. Objects in stone, clay, and bone, from middle and lower strata, Culture III, South Kurgan................... 168
46. Whorls, flints, mace-head, and bone implements chiefly from upper strata or iron culture, South
Kurgan. Terra-cotta figures of religious significance, Culture III, South Kurgan.......................... 168
47. Objects of terra-cotta, Culture III.......................................................................... 168
48. Some objects of stone from the South Kurgan................................................................. 174
49, 50. Pottery from Ghiaur Kala (Old Merv)..................................................................... 188
51. Pottery and objects of metal from Ghiaur Kala (Old Merv)................................................... 188
52. Fragment of large jar with inscription in Pehlevi (at 2 feet below surface in upper digging)............... 192
53. Inscriptions on bones and pottery in Pehlevi and Uigur characters.......................................... 192
54. Beads from Ghiaur Kala (Old Merv)........................................................................... 200
55. Terra-cotta figures from Ghiaur Kala (Old Merv)............................................................ 200
56. Objects in clay and stone from Ghiaur Kala (Old Merv)...................................................... 200
57. Kurgans of the Merv Oasis, Classes I, II, and III.......................................................... 220
58. Kurgans of Class III (highly developed type) and late Mohammedan ruins..................................... 220
59, 60. Types of kurgans in the Merv Oasis (plans and cross-sections).......................................... 224

TEXT-FIGURE. PAGE.
1. Undrained part of Asia....................................................................................... 4
2. Beginning work at the North Kurgan........................................................................... 13
3. The two kurgans.............................................................................................. 16
4. Ruins of Anau................................................................................................ 16
5. North Kurgan and camp........................................................................................ 17
6. The South Kurgan............................................................................................. 18
7. Pool in Bokhara.............................................................................................. 18
8. Mosque at Anau............................................................................................... 19
9. Persian windlass............................................................................................. 20
10. Section of a wall in the North Kurgan....................................................................... 21
11. Twelve centuries of deformation on citadel of Ghiaur Kala (Merv).......................................... 22
12. Deformation of walls of Ghiaur Kala........................................................................ 23
13. Odontche tepe, 80 feet high, on the Merv oasis............................................................. 25
14. Erecting a kibitka.......................................................................................... 25
15. Ideal section of a delta-oasis on an uplifting piedmont.................................................... 29
16. Starting a shaft in the City of Anau....................................................................... 31
17. A field prepared for cotton in Fergana..................................................................... 33
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